Some of you may remember the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939 and 1940. It was held at San Francisco’s Treasure Island, and was a World’s Fair celebrating in part, two newly built bridges, the Oakland Bay Bridge, which opened in 1936, and the Golden Gate Bridge, which opened in 1937. “The exposition opened from […]

It can be difficult to know what to say when someone passes away. Death is often an uncomfortable topic, making it hard to express your feelings of condolence and sympathy to the survivor. Here are some effective ways you can express your condolences based on what is appropriate and what you feel the most comfortable […]

Island Springing To Life Greetings from the island everyone. Hope all of you are doing well, and remembered to get your taxes taken care of this past week. Oh the joys of taxes – of course living on a retired cops pension (I’m sure equal to or below the normal poverty level), the threat of […]

Recently a big item in the news has been the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Flying from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia to Beijing China, the Boeing 777 airliner went missing on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board. How can such a thing happen some may be asking? If history tells us anything, more […]

Last week I was wondering what to make this month’s column about, mostly due to me dealing with various pressures that come with daily life, something that happens to us all. Usually I can pick a subject matter and bash out five hundred words or so on it with ease. However, this month I wanted […]